When Mike Mayers toed the Busch Stadium rubber to make his Major League debut in 2016, people certainly weren’t expecting a start of historic proportions. After playing five games in four days–with one being a 16-inning marathon–the Cardinals pitching staff was drained as the week culminated in a nationally televised Sunday Night Baseball matchup against the Dodgers. St. Louis turned to Mayers for an emergency spot start with the hope that he would eat a few innings for the big league club.
Only he found himself on the wrong side of history that night.